In
the morning pick-up for your hotel (or from the airport) and depart for
Sinaia, one of the best mountain resorts nicknamed the "Pearl of
the Carpathians". Overnight in Sinaia. (O)

Day
2: Sinaia - Brasov - Bran - Sinaia

Today you will visit Sinaia Monastery and the Peles Castle, a marvelous
piece of architecture, which has served as the summer residence for King
Carl I the first king of Romania. You will drive on to Brasov, where you
will take a short walking city tour of this fairy-tale town founded in
the 12th century by the Saxon settlers. Visit the Black Church - largest
gothic style church in South-Eastern Europe and the St. Nicholas Church,
then the museum of the First Romanian School in Transylvania. On your
way back to Sinaia you will stop to Bran to have a traditional lunch at
a local restaurant, then visit Bran Castle (lunch is on your own). Built in the 14th century by
the merchants from Brasov to protect the old border between Valahia and
Transilvania, Bran Castle is also known as Dracula's Castle. Overnight in
Sinaia. (B,O)

Day
3: Sinaia - Sighisoara - Sibiu

After breakfast you leave Sinaia behind and head on to Sighisoara-the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler,
Sighisoara, a Saxon medieval fortress - town, is part of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage being the best preserved and continuously inhabited early medieval citadel in Eastern
Europe. You will have lunch and then proceed on a walking tour of the
town. Visit the famous Clock Tower Museum with its Torture and Weapons Rooms and stop in the house in which Dracula (Vlad the Impaler) was born in 1432.
Overnight in
Sibiu. (B,O)

Day
4: Sibiu - Sibiel - Sibiu

In the morning you will
enjoy a comprehensive walking tour of the city which was European
Capital of Culture in 2007. Here you'll see arcaded medieval shops and
houses, the Small Square, the Liar's Bridge, Huet Square and the
Cathedral, where the son of Vlad the Impaler (another of Dracula's
monikers) was assassinated. At noon you drive to Sibiel Village where
you can admire the Glass Icon Museum and enjoy a hearty Romanian lunch
at local farmhouse. Accommodation in Sibiu. (B,L,O)

Day
5: Sighisoara - Piatra Neamt

After
breakfast in the hotel , drive towards Bucovina through the Bicaz Gorges, one of the most spectacular limestone formations in Romania.
Reach Lacu Rosu (Red Lake) where you will stop to admire the beauty of the mountains and the surrounding woods. In the afternoon you will arrive in Piatra Neamt for
an overnight. (B,O)

Day
6: Piatra Neamt - Bucovina area- Piatra Neamt

Today get ready for the full-day tour of the famous painted monasteries of
Bucovina: Moldovita Monastery, admire the black pottery in Marginea Village then visit Sucevita Monastery - the best preserved of all with imposing walls and defensive
towers. Finish the tour with Voronet Monastery - the "Sistine
Chapel" of Eastern Europe, so famous for the blue color used by the
artist as background for its frescoes. Drive back to Piatra Neamt for
overnight. (B,O)

Day
7: Piatra Neamt - Bucharest

You will have breakfast at the hotel before departing to Bucharest
followed by a panoramic city tour of the Romanian capital, once called
"Little Paris". The tour includes the open air Village Museum,
the Revolution Square, the Patriarchal Church, the Military Academy, the
Arch of Triumph. Farewell dinner with folklore program. Overnight in
Bucharest. (B,D,O)

Day
8: Bucharest

Today
you will be transferred to the airport for your flight back home. (B)